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slight, southerly rains. Winter northerly, droughts,
cold periods, violent winds, snow. About the
equinox very severe storms. Spring northerly,
droughts, slight rains, periods of cold. About the
summer solstice slight showers, periods of great cold
until near the Dog Star. After the Dog Star, until
Arcturus, hot summer. Great heat, not intermittent
but continuous and severe. No rain fell. The
Etesian winds blew. About Arcturus southerly
rains until the equinox.
PART 14
XIV. In this constitution during winter began
paralyses which attacked many, a few of whom
quickly died. In fact, the disease was generally
epidemic. In other respects the public health
continued good. Early in spring began ardent
fevers which continued until the equinox and on to
summer. Now those who began to be ill at once, in
spring or the beginning of summer, in most cases
got well, though a few died ; but when autumn and
the rains came the cases were dangerous, and
more died.
As to the peculiarities of the ardent fevers, the
most likely patients to survive were those who had a
proper and copious bleeding from the nose, in fact I
do not know of a single case in this constitution that
proved fatal when a proper bleeding occurred, For
Philiscus and Epaminon and Silenus, who died, had
only a slight epistaxis on the fourth and fifth days.
Now the majority of the patients had rigors near the
